The FWC has refused McDonald's' bid to put on hold the SDA's application for supported bargaining authorisations for more than 100,000 workers across five states and the NT until the Federal Court completes a review next year.
A tribunal has ordered Queensland Health to re-run its selection process for a midwifery promotion position and remove the successful candidate from her new post, after it failed to give another front-runner a chance to respond to a referee's negative comment.
A former Queensland Office of IR principal inspector has failed to halt disciplinary action over incendiary messages he exchanged with colleagues on the Signal app over plans to close his business unit, including saying he was ready to "b-tch-flog" a female boss and use a piece of "4x2 with rusty nails".
Uber's "deactivation" practices have been put under the microscope again, with the FWC ordering it to reinstate a driver booted from the platform after the rideshare giant failed to properly put allegations to him that he kissed, hugged and flirted with drunk passengers.
A FWC full bench has overturned a ruling that due to an employee's lack of award coverage, her employer - which conceded that the SCHADS award applied - had no obligation to consult her before making her redundant.
The FWC has upbraided a small business owner for informing a supervisor through an email drafted with help from ChatGPT that it had decided to retrench her, finding that sacking a worker via such a "cursory" means fails "to adhere to basic standards of decency".
The FWC has ordered Uber to "reactivate" a driver removed from its platform following complaints accusing him of m-sturbating and making s-xual comments while conveying passengers.
The CFMEU has won same-job, same-pay orders that it expects will lift the pay of labour hire doggers, riggers, and crane operators performing shutdown maintenance at a WA gold mine by up to 125%.
The Federal Court has ordered related entities ECA Training Pty Ltd and NECA Training Pty Ltd to pay $30,000 in fines for blocking two ETU officials from entering its Sydney premises to talk to apprentices.
